African Cup of Nations qualifiers - big upsets

[Redfan]

If it makes you feel any better, Angola beat them 6-1 at home when they played in March.

*sighs*

[Pharaoh]

I know its not relavent to this topic but i thought you might be interested Pharaoh.

It's going to be extremely tough to do Cyrus. The best players on this Ahly team are aging, and the young guns haven't proven worthy of carrying the torch just yet. I'm worried most about the strikers. Emad Meteb's form has plumetted recently, and Egypt best strikers currently reside in Europe. Amr Zaky is the best domestic striker at this point but he plays for Zamalek. Anyway, with experience and Manuel Jose as our manager (I'm dying for this guy to take over the national team post), I can't count Ahly out. Al Hilal of Sudan have been on good form lately, and have a very good crop of Nigerian players, so this weekend's tie will be tricky! Thanks for posting this preview

[Pharaoh]

*sighs*

and they've just clinched their place at the Nations Cup.

This past weekend's results:

Madagascar 0:2 Gabon

Botswana 2:1 Mauritania

Burundi vs. Egypt (postponed b/c Burundi's only suitable stadium is being rennovated. Match was going to be played in neighboring Rwanda but there were no hotels available because of an AIDS conference. Match will be played in September, so the Egypt/Botswana match is postponed til October, which means Egypt may have to cancel its friendly with Japan. Only in Africa )

Lesotho 0:0 Uganda

Niger 1:3 Nigeria

Seychelles 0:2 Sudan

Tunisia 2:0 Mauritius

Cameroon 2:1 Rwanda

Liberia 0:0 Equitorial Guinea

Angola 3:0 Swaziland

Eritrea 1:0 Kenya

Burkina Faso 0:1 Tanzania

Mozambique 0:0 Senegal

Algeria 0:2 Guinea

Cape Verde 0:0 Gambia

Mali 6:0 Sierra Leone

Benin 4:1 Togo

Libya 3:1 Ethiopia

Namibia 1:1 Congo DR
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Teams who clinched this weekend:

[1] Ghana - Hosts
[2] Ivory Coast - Winner of Group One
[3] Nigeria - Winner of Group Three
[4] Cameroon - Winner of Group Five
[5] Angola - Winner of Group Six
[6] Morocco - Winner of Group 12
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and the rest:

[7] Egypt - Pretty much there, probably would've clinched this past weekend if their match was played
[8] Guinea -- They will beat Cape Verde at home
[9] Senegal - Tied with Tanzania for group lead. Will probably beat B Faso at home and qualify
[10] Tunisia - Qualified barring a miracle
[11] Sudan - Qualified barring a miracle
[12] S Africa - Pretty much there
[13] Uganda - Will likely qualify as one of best 3 second-placed teams
[14] Congo DR -- Likely to beat Libya at home
[15] Tanzania - Will likely qualify as one of best 3 second-placed teams
[16] Mali - Will probably overtake Togo to qualify

[arsham]

viva l'afrique (did i say that right? anyy french speakers?)

it's vive l'afrique!

[roy]

Hey, walla zaman ya far3oun , I think it'll be the Usual teams.
The thing is that in the final its gonna be even hotter than the last time in Egypt.
I hope Egypt & the north african teams do well (inshallah) + i hope the dickheads here in england show it (unlike the asian cup).

[Pharaoh]

Hey, walla zaman ya far3oun , I think it'll be the Usual teams.
The thing is that in the final its gonna be even hotter than the last time in Egypt.
I hope Egypt & the north african teams do well (inshallah) + i hope the dickheads here in england show it (unlike the asian cup).

enta fein ya ragel ? hope ur doing good man. the african cup of nations seems to get better and better each time, as new teams emerge.

here are the results of this weekend's African Champions League action:

Group A
Ittihad (Libya) 1-0 JS Kabylie (Algeria)
FAR Rabat (Morocco) 0-2 Etoile Sahel (Tunisia)

1. Etoile Sahel 3 points (+2)
2. Ittihad 3 points (+1)
3. JS Kabylie 0 points (-1)
4. FAR Rabat 0 points (-2)

Group B

Esperance Tunis (Tunisia) 0-0 ASEC Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Ahly (Egypt) 2-0 Al Hilal (Sudan)

1. Ahly 3 points (+2)
2. Esperance 1 point (0)
2. ASEC 1 point (0)
4. Al Hilal 0 points (-2)

[palestine2003]

ya3am mish gay le om el donya wala eih? el match was sooo boring bess 7amdiallah the 3 points.. flavios goal was insane chip

[Pharaoh]

maybe later this summer man bas honestly i doubt it . its a busy time.. finished university and moving to another state. then theres the job search, etc. have some extra fun for me.

here are Ahly's goals againt Al Hilal. enjoy:

http://www.darwish.eu/test/goal/goal.html

[Pharaoh]

Ahly beat Benfica 2-1 in a friendly the other day. Benfica played with their full side. Ahly played each half with two totally different teams.

[Arashi_Washi]

Al-Ahly is a impressing club....

I hope they make the Club World Championships next to Sepahan of Iran...hopefully both of them will win their continental tournaments......

Btw Pharoah, what you think about the recent move of Eqyptian Duo Ghaly and Mido from Tottenham to Birmingham?...

I think its good..because Mido wouldnt of gotten any playing time in Tottenham like last season...he is 2 good to sit on the bench

[Pharaoh]

That would be great bro. It would mean three Club World Cup appearances in a row for us. Hopefully we an improve upon 3rd place. As for the Birmingham move. I think Mido is a lazy waste of talent that needs to get his act together. Ghaly on the other hand is a tough, versatile, hard-working player that did much more for Tottenham than his Egyptian teammate. I think he totally got hosed and mistreated by Spurs. They'll miss Ghaly, but probably not Mido. If Mido gets back into shape and focuses, he'll be deadly as ever. I just don't see that drive in him these days like he used to have. Shame.